Friday, November 23, 2007

thankfulness

this holiday week i enjoy reflecting on things i'm thankful for. yesterday i felt so much gratitude fill my heart. i thought i 'd share some of them with you:

* my dear hubby who doesn't realize how much i love and appreciate him.
* my boys:

* i'm thankful we did not die after eating those wild mushrooms
*i'm thankful for sheep, acorns, rain and moss
I'm thankful for our view off the front porch:
i.m thankful for:pomegranates, ladybugs and dragonflies
*i'm thankful for olives, wildflowers and crescent moons
i'm thankful for my spinning wheels:and my fiber stash-i'm too embarrassed to post a pic. of that!
i'm thankful for my dear friends and neighbors
i'm thankful for the letter "B" as it begins the words of more thankfuls: boots, banjos and beer!
i'm thankful for my health and the health of my family
i'm thankful for my gurls and their fresh eggs:

*i'm thankful i can stay home with my kids and homeschool
*i'm thankful for old movies, artists and potters
i'm thankful for raspberries, thunderstorms and the yuba river
i'm thankful for my garden and my dusty banjo:i'm thankful for brie, clos de bois and the ocean
i'm thankful for the sierras in my backyard:
i'm thankful for another fire free summer and if there is a bad emergency we have an awesome fire department and 'flight for life' lands at the top of our road:
gee, i could just keep going and going-i guess i'm thankful for having so much to be thankful for. thank you!

4 comments:

Sharon said...

Indeed, we have much to be thankful for and in the eyes of the world, we are rich.

soxchik said...

You are so funny! We must have really spooked you about those mushrooms.

Birdsong said...

What a fabulous list; I am sure thankful we have gotten to know each other over the past year.

soxchik said...

Liam has such a "Charles Dickens" look in that photo. Totally cute!